Alobates
Genus of beetles
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Alobates (Motschulsky 1872) is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. The name likely comes from Greek 'alo' (variant of allo) meaning 'other', and 'bates' meaning 'one who treads/haunts'. There are at least two described species in Alobates.[1][2][3] These species are often misidentified, but can be differentiated by a view of the mentum of the head ventral. A. barbatus have a tuft of long yellow setae, while A. pensylvanicus does not.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Tribe: | Cnodalonini |
| Genus: | Alobates Motschoulsky, 1872 |
Species
These two species belong to the genus Alobates:
- Alobates barbatus (Knoch, 1801) b
- Alobates pennsylvanica (DeGeer, 1775) g b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[1] b = Bugguide.net[2]
The species Alobates pensylvanicus is sometimes erroneously spelled "pennsylvanica" or "pensylvanica".
